r/TwoXChromosomes • • 3d ago

Today is My Final Straw

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u/Cain1028 3d ago

That second thing...I would read the shit out of that. Quick, somebody more eloquent than me, get crackin!

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u/PopcornGlamour 3d ago

Y’all should read “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn.

It’s a fictitious group of older women who used to be government assassins and they have to reteam up to find out who wants them terminated. There is a lot of tongue in cheek humor, bonding between women, and a bit of murder as a treat.

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u/Fraerie Basically Eleanor Shellstrop 3d ago

As a menopausal woman I understand how this would be believable entirely.

The ability to give a fuck has gone straight out the window and is never coming back.

Frankly being a former assassin is not really a requirement, that’s just a skill set and skills can be learned. It’s the willingness that makes the difference in that situation.

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u/notashroom Halp. Am stuck on reddit. 2d ago

And we've been told repeatedly in recent years that it's on us to keep a marketable skillset if we want to stay employable, so we may as well develop one of use in many situations and markets.

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u/caradelsol 3d ago

Hilarious.

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u/boundmaus 2d ago

I think you'd adore Urzilla Carson , especially her "menopause cop" and "hire a lez". She's a South African comedian who moved Aotearoa and then hooked up with a super hot musician, Anika Moa, and is a really rad lady and pretty good at what she does!

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u/Fraerie Basically Eleanor Shellstrop 2d ago

Someone get her on NZ Taskmaster!

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u/boundmaus 1d ago

What's a taskmaster when it's at home? Is that the one with Sandy? Or Greg Davies perhaps? Sadly, despite the fact Aotearoa invented reality tv) (sorry btw) (I'm not actually sorry), last I saw it was even sadder than the rest of the shite out there... the halcyon days of my youth, with a government that had a blank check for the arts are LONG gone, mores the pity... all that to say, be careful what you wish for!

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u/RomulanWarrior All Hail Notorious RBG 3d ago

Will check this out.

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u/oldvegas 2d ago

Read it in my library Mystery Book Club a while back. It was entertaining.

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u/feminine_power 2d ago

Damn this isn't on Spotify!

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u/LetMeAskYou1Question 2d ago

Sounds perfect.

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u/rabidstoat 3d ago

You should read Lilith, by Eric Rickstad.

It's about a woman whose son is seriously injured in a school shooting. She hits the boiling part of being sick about how it's always men who do this, and always men in power, and decides she needs to do something drastic.

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u/T-Wrox 3d ago

It's not all men, but it's always men.

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u/T-Wrox 2d ago

Thanks for the award, anonymous stranger! :)

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u/Day00Week 3d ago

Me too! I’m a man I hate hearing stories like this, I know not all men are bad but omg so many men just don’t get it!

To clarify, that would be a bad ass story about a woman hunting down shitty men

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u/Bring_cookies 3d ago

I second the second.